How does everyone acclimate their fish?? I’m there are just a couple. But I’m just curious
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Let me ask you. Do you do this if you get them from the lfs, online, or both?I float the bag for just temp acclimation then I drip acclimate for roughly 20-30 mins then in they go.
I have never ordered a fish online only bought at store but I would think I would do the same. What’s another 20-30 mins of acclimation if it was shipped overnight.Let me ask you. Do you do this if you get them from the lfs, online, or both?
Varies depending on if the fish comes online or I get the fish in person. Online I just get salinity and temperature level and I move the fish to qt. If the fish is in person I use drip acclimation, and once it’s acclimated I “rinse” it multiple times and then transfer into qt. When a fish is going into the DT, I don’t rly need to acclimate since my qt tanks run the same as my DT, unless I run hyposalinity. For qt to DT, I do a drip acclimation just to ensure that any possible parameter gets acclimated to the fish, then I rinse multiple times and then put it into acclimation box if I need to.How does everyone acclimate their fish?? I’m there are just a couple. But I’m just curious
Well think about this, let’s say. The fish was bagged. 4 hours in a small bag with pure oxygen. Prior to being shipped for 24hrs. Now it’s in a tiny bag of water. Breathing and Defecating. The ammonia is now rising slowly, but significantly. In the past if I get them online. I temp acclimated then acclimate for 15 minutes. Switching 100% of the water over that 15 minutes to get them out of the toxic water quickly. And I’ve never lost a fish.I have never ordered a fish online only bought at store but I would think I would do the same. What’s another 20-30 mins of acclimation if it was shipped overnight.
Solid point I guess I have never thought about it since I haven’t purchased online before. I will have to keep this in mind if I ever do. Thanks for sharing and congrats on the fish success love hearing that!Well think about this, let’s say. The fish was bagged. 4 hours in a small bag with pure oxygen. Prior to being shipped for 24hrs. Now it’s in a tiny bag of water. Breathing and Defecating. The ammonia is now rising slowly, but significantly. In the past if I get them online. I temp acclimated then acclimate for 15 minutes. Switching 100% of the water over that 15 minutes to get them out of the toxic water quickly. And I’ve never lost a fish.
Lol. Don’t get me wrong. I’ve lost fish just not from acclimation process. Sometimes. Fish just don’t ship well. And I’ll just suddenly lost that fish like 2 weeks later.. I believe some places in the world still use unethical ways of capture. And that puts a death sentence on themSolid point I guess I have never thought about it since I haven’t purchased online before. I will have to keep this in mind if I ever do. Thanks for sharing and congrats on the fish success love hearing that!
Exactly. But depending on how tough the fish is. Once you open that bag. You gotta think about ammonia but also things like salinity. If you keep your salinity at 1.026 and wholesaler keeps it at 1.021. And you just throw that delicate fish in the water. You could put them in shock. Possibly losing them hours later. On shipped fish.. that’s why I give them 15minutes of 100% water changeOn shipped fish, the ammonia in the water isn't toxic to the fish until it's exposed to fresh air. It's always best to get the fish out of the bag water ASAP.
LFS fish, are just temp acclimated(floated), and dumped into a salinity matched QT.
On shipped fish, the ammonia in the water isn't toxic to the fish until it's exposed to fresh air. It's always best to get the fish out of the bag water ASAP.
This is why I typically set my QT to around 1.018, specially when I don't know the incoming salinity. I have never had an issue going lower in salinity, but do know there are issues if they are raised to fast.Exactly. But depending on how tough the fish is. Once you open that bag. You gotta think about ammonia but also things like salinity. If you keep your salinity at 1.026 and wholesaler keeps it at 1.021. And you just throw that delicate fish in the water. You could put them in shock. Possibly losing them hours later. On shipped fish.. that’s why I give them 15minutes of 100% water change